SOUTH CAROLINA INSURANCE RESERVE FUND, Respondent, v. EAST RICHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SERVICE DISTRICT and Coley Brown, Defendants, Of whom East Richland County Public Service District is the Petitioner, and Coley Brown is a Respondent.

The parties have filed a joint motion to dismiss this matter and to vacate the opinion of the Court of Appeals in S.C. Ins. Reserve Fund v. E. Richland Cty. Pub. Serv. Dist. , 417 S.C. 149, 789 S.E.2d 63 (Ct. App. 2016). The motion is granted. We hereby vacate the opinion of the Court of Appeals and dismiss the petition for a writ of certiorari. /s/ Donald W. Beatty, C.J.

/s/ John W. Kittredge, J.

/s/ Kaye G. Hearn, J.

/s/ John Cannon Few, J.

/s/ George C. James, Jr., J.